Top Games

The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven story about a population decimated by a modern plague. Abandoned cities are being reclaimed by nature and the remaining survivors are killing each other for food, weapons and whatever they can get their hands on. Joel, a ruthless survivor, and Ellie, a brave young teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together to survive their journey across what remains of the United States.Genre Action Adventure Release date 2013

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword boasts the most realistic sword combat of any game to date, turning every encounter into a challenge of both brains and brawn. Wii MotionPlus technology accurately translates the angle of every sword slice, effectively putting Link’s blade in the player’s hand. Analyzing enemy attack and defense tendencies and counteracting with precise swings of the sword provide a satisfying experience that blends puzzle-solving with a new and distinctly unique combat systemGenre Action Adventure Release date 2011

The Mass Effect franchise is an epic science fiction adventure set in a vast universe filled with dangerous aliens and mysterious, uncharted planets. In Mass Effect 2, PlayStation 3 players will step into the role of Commander Shepard for the very first time, leading a crew of the most dangerous special operatives from across the galaxy on a mission to save mankind. Featuring intense shooter action, a rich storyline, space exploration and emotionally engaging character interaction, Mass Effect 2 delivers an unparalleled gameplay experience.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2011

The pioneers that brought you the award-winning PlayStation Network titles flOw & Flower are back with another title that challenges traditional gaming conventions. With Journey, thatgamecompany (TGC) continues its tradition of delivering simple gameplay and accessible controls in a rich interactive environment that invites players to explore and experience emotional chords that are still uncommon in video games.Genre Adventure Games Release date 2012

Mass Effect 2 takes place two years after the conclusion of Mass Effect. With the Reaper invasion stopped and Saren and the geth defeated, Commander Shepard learns that entire human colonies are mysteriously vanishing.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2010

Halo 3 builds upon the concepts of Halo 2 in ways that you’d expect, but there are also new modes and options that send the series in exciting new directions.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2007

Grand Theft Auto IV follows the story of Niko Bellic, an illegal immigrant and veteran of the Bosnian War. After persuasion from his cousin Roman who immigrated to America years prior to the game’s opening, Niko leaves Eastern Europe to come to Liberty City, where he hopes to forget his criminal past and pursue the American Dream.Genre Action Adventure Release date 2008

The latest addition to the Elder Scrolls universe is expected to elevate the series to new heights. Featuring a brand new engine, Skyrim is shedding the poorly aged GameBryo. Players enter the role of the Dragonborn, an individual prophesied to take on the Sons of Skyrim, an army not unlike the Vikings of old. If you’re wondering where Skyrim happens to be, it lies somewhere to the north of Cyrodiil in TES4: Oblivion.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2011

Portal 2 picks up hundreds of years after the events of the first Portal. Once again, players will fill the nonexistent shoes of Chell, who has been kept in stasis since the end of the original game, having recently been “re-acquired” by an unknown party. Portal 2 will feature a brand new single player story along with the new addition of co-op multiplayer. SourceGenre Puzzle Games Release date 2011

This highly anticipated chapter of Commander Shepard’s story sees Earth invaded by giant machines, which appear to be both sentient and aggressive. The people of Earth and the civilizations of the galaxy must be called to arms to drive them out, or mankind may perish forever.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2012

The latest addition to the Elder Scrolls universe is expected to elevate the series to new heights. Featuring a brand new engine, Skyrim is shedding the poorly aged GameBryo. Players enter the role of the Dragonborn, an individual prophesied to take on the Sons of Skyrim, an army not unlike the Vikings of old. If you’re wondering where Skyrim happens to be, it lies somewhere to the north of Cyrodiil in TES4: Oblivion.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2011

Mass Effect 2 takes place two years after the conclusion of Mass Effect. With the Reaper invasion stopped and Saren and the geth defeated, Commander Shepard learns that entire human colonies are mysteriously vanishing.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2010

Oblivion is the quintessential role-playing game of its time. After the mysterious and untimely death of the Emperor, the throne of Tamriel lies empty. With the Empire ready to crumble, the gates of Oblivion open and demons march upon the land-laying waste to everything in their path. To turn the tide of darkness, you must find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the sinister plot that threatens to destroy all of Tamriel.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2006

The sixth entry in the Call of Duty franchise, this next game brings back developer Infinity Ward as the general in command. Modern Warfare 2 is set several years after the conclusion of Call of Duty 4.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2009

Forza Motorsport 3, the sequel to Forza Motorsport (Xbox) and Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360). The game includes over 400 fully customizable cars from 50 manufacturers and over 100 tracks from around the world.[4] Every car in the game has been built with more than 10 times the amount of polygons as Forza Motorsport 2.Genre Racing Release date 2009

Super Mario Galaxy 2, the sequel to the smash-hit galaxy-hopping original game, launches May 23 for the Wii console. The game includes the amazing gravity-defying, physics-based exploration from the first game, but is loaded with entirely new galaxies and features to challenge and delight players.Genre Platformers Release date 2010

Rock Band 3 is set to have an incredible 83-song setlist, including support for more than 1,500 existing Rock Band tracks (Rock Band and Rock Band 2 discs, DLC, track packs, AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack, LEGO Rock Band, and Green Day: Rock Band).Genre Rhythm / Music Release date 2010

Rock Band, a platform for music fans and gamers to interact with music like never before. Rock Band allows gamers to perform music from the world’s biggest rock artists with their friends as a virtual band using drum, bass/lead guitar and microphone peripherals, in addition to offering deep online connectivity.Genre Rhythm Games Release date 2007

Oblivion is the quintessential role-playing game of its time. After the mysterious and untimely death of the Emperor, the throne of Tamriel lies empty. With the Empire ready to crumble, the gates of Oblivion open and demons march upon the land-laying waste to everything in their path. To turn the tide of darkness, you must find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the sinister plot that threatens to destroy all of Tamriel.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2007

The game is set in 1908; it focuses around a former outlaw, John Marston, who is sent across the troubled American Frontiers to help in bringing the rule of law. The game will use open world gameplay similar to the Grand Theft Auto series with sandbox environments and a free-roaming ability. The environments will include frontier towns, prairies, and mountain passes.Genre Action Release date 2010

There are obstacles to explore, bits and pieces to collect and puzzles to solve – requiring a combination of brains and collaborative teamwork, all of this with a great presentation and plenty of customization and community features makes LittleBigPlanet one of the best PS3 games of 2008.Genre Platformers Release date 2008

Rock Band 3 is set to have an incredible 83-song setlist, including support for more than 1,500 existing Rock Band tracks (Rock Band and Rock Band 2 discs, DLC, track packs, AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack, LEGO Rock Band, and Green Day: Rock Band).Genre Rhythm / Music Release date 2010

The game’s plot begins fourteen years after Emergence Day. Marcus Fenix, a former COG soldier, is reinstated into the military after spending four years in prison. Dominic Santiago successfully extracts him from the prison, and takes him to meet Delta Squad.Genre Other Shooters Release date 2006

The game is set in 1908; it focuses around a former outlaw, John Marston, who is sent across the troubled American Frontiers to help in bringing the rule of law. The game will use open world gameplay similar to the Grand Theft Auto series with sandbox environments and a free-roaming ability. The environments will include frontier towns, prairies, and mountain passes.Genre Action Release date 2010

This highly anticipated chapter of Commander Shepard’s story sees Earth invaded by giant machines, which appear to be both sentient and aggressive. The people of Earth and the civilizations of the galaxy must be called to arms to drive them out, or mankind may perish forever.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2012

Portal 2 picks up hundreds of years after the events of the first Portal. Once again, players will fill the nonexistent shoes of Chell, who has been kept in stasis since the end of the original game, having recently been “re-acquired” by an unknown party. Portal 2 will feature a brand new single player story along with the new addition of co-op multiplayer. SourceGenre Puzzle Games Release date 2011

Dragon Age: Origins,the spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate, is an epic tale of violence, lust, and betrayal. The survival of humanity rests in the hands of those chosen by fate. You are a Grey Warden, one of the last of an ancient order of guardians who have defended the lands throughout the centuries. Betrayed by a trusted general in a critical battle, you must hunt down the traitor and bring hGenre Role-Playing Release date 2009

God of War III, forthcoming installment in the God of War series, takes place right after the events of God of War II, with Kratos upon Gaia’s back eager to exact vengeance on the gods who have betrayed him and make them “suffer”.Genre Action Release date 2010

Chinatown Wars has a different presentation from previous games in the series. Instead of a ground-level view behind the protagonist or a top-down perspective, Chinatown Wars uses a fully rotatable aerial camera angled down at the action.Genre Action Release date 2009

The compilation contains five games, all powered by Valve’s Source engine. Two of the games included, Half-Life 2 and its first expansion, Episode One, were previously released as separate products. Three new games are also contained within the compilation: the second expansion, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, the puzzle game Portal, and Team Fortress 2.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2007

Fans of the franchise and newcomers alike will relish the opportunity to catapult themselves headlong into a real adventure, in a search for the fabled “Atlantis of the Sands.” The journey propels fortune hunter Nathan Drake on a daring trek into the heart of the Arabian Desert, a journey that pits him and his mentor Victor Sullivan against the occult treachery of a shadowy clandestine organization and its ruthless leader. When the terrible secrets of this lost city are unearthed, Drake’s quest descends into a desperate bid for survival that strains the limits of his endurance and forces him to confront his deepest fears.Genre Action Adventure Release date 2011

Halo: Reach, is a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved, taking place during Halo: The Fall of Reach and the beginning of Halo: First Strike when there are many Spartan-IIs still in action, though it is currently unknown how closely it will tie into the novels.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2010

Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of L4D casts four “Survivors” in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying “Boss Infected” mutants.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2009

The game’s protagonist Jason Brody stages an attack on a shipbreaker yard where a bunch of bad guys happen to be. He isn’t entirely alone, and he has help over the radio. As he makes his way through the yard, he guns down goons and blows up a bunch of things like the one man army that he is.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2012

The game starts right after the cliffhanger ending of Modern Warfare 2 with US forces struggling to cope with a surprise Russian attack. The player will travel the world in the single player campaign with plenty of intermediate roles as SAS operative, tank gunner and more.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2011

Borderlands 2 is the epic sequel to the ultimate four-player Role-Playing Shooter loot fest. Combining invention and evolution, Borderlands 2 features all new characters, skills, environments, enemies, weapons and equipment, which come together in an ambitiously crafted story. Players will reveal secrets, and escalate mysteries of the Borderlands universe as they adventure across the unexplored new areas of Pandora.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2012

Gears of War 2, the second installment of the Gears of War series, continues the story of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad. Locked in an increasingly desperate battle against the nightmarish Locust Horde, Gears of War 2 is an epic saga of survival, loss and retribution.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2008

The game takes place in the year 2183, with the player assuming the role of an elite human soldier named Commander Shepard, set out to explore the Galaxy on a starship, the SSV Normandy.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2007

Media Molecule has upped the ante, giving players the ability to not only make better levels, but completely new games – think top-down racing games, multiplayer shooters, flying side-scrollers, RPGs, etc. The possibilities are really endless. LBP2 will also have a loads of new features, including revamped graphics, a fresh storyline, added accessories and equipment for Sackboy, and much, much more.Genre Platformers Release date 2011

Metal Gear Solid 4 is set five years after the Big Shell incident, in 2014. The world economy relies on continuous war, fought by PMCs, which outnumber government military forces. PMC soldiers are outfitted with nanomachines to enhance their abilities and control the battle field.Genre Action Adventure Release date 2008

Deus Ex: HR is a prequel and set in the year 2027 (before the events of DX1). One day, the path of Jensen’s life is unexpectedly changed as a team of Black-Ops commandos break into his company’s headquarters and (using a security plan from Jensen’s own hand) a mass slaughter ensues. From there on out, Jensen is caught up in a conspiracy that’s going to see him struggling for his life.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2011

In Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the Bad Company crew again find themselves in the heart of the action, where they must use every weapon and vehicle at their disposal to survive. The action unfolds with unprecedented intensity, introducing a level of fervor to vehicular warfare never before experienced in a modern warfare action game.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2010

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, the third installment in the tactical shooter franchise, lets players command their own team of Ghosts and neutralize hostile forces while completing various mission objectives. Objectives can vary from escorting friendly units across the map to rescuing hostages from enemy territories or demolishing enemy artillery.Genre Tactical Shooters Release date 2006

Limbo, an indie game from playdead, puts players in the shoes of a young boy looking for his sister in a completely black & white environment. The game will use physics-based puzzles which will open up new paths when solved, but hazards and deadly traps will be cleverly placed to try and stop you in your tracks.Genre Platformers Release date 2010

In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines. As the first boots on the ground, players will experience heart-pounding missions across diverse locations including Paris, Tehran and New York. As a U.S. Marine in the field, periods of tension and anticipation are punctuated by moments of complete chaos. As bullets whiz by, as walls crumble, as explosions force players to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2011

Super Street Fighter IV is a follow up to Street Fighter IV. It features additional characters, character tweaks based on community feedback and an improved online mode.Genre Fighting Games Release date 2010

Portal 2 picks up hundreds of years after the events of the first Portal. Once again, players will fill the nonexistent shoes of Chell, who has been kept in stasis since the end of the original game, having recently been “re-acquired” by an unknown party. Portal 2 will feature a brand new single player story along with the new addition of co-op multiplayer. SourceGenre Puzzle Games Release date 2011

The single-player campaign is over in a flash, but the high quality of that campaign and its terrific multiplayer options make Call of Duty 4 a fantastic package.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2007

L.A Noire is an interactive detective story set in the classic noir period of the late 1940s. L.A. Noire blends action, detection and complex storytelling and draws players into an open-ended challenge to solve a series of gruesome murders.Genre Action Release date 2011

After a brutal storm destroys the boat she was travelling on, a frightened young woman is left washed ashore on an unknown beach. On her own but not alone she has only one goal, to survive.Genre Action Release date 2013

L.A Noire is an interactive detective story set in the classic noir period of the late 1940s. L.A. Noire blends action, detection and complex storytelling and draws players into an open-ended challenge to solve a series of gruesome murders.Genre Action Release date 2011

Braid, allows players to “explore the human condition and manipulate time” in a puzzle-platformer that takes you through a series of worlds to solve puzzles and ultimately rescue the princess. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, including the ability to rewind, create parallel realities and utilize time dilation to overcome the many obstacles in your path.Genre Platformers Release date 2008

Under the direction of Raphael Colantonio, lead designer of Arx Fatalis, and Harvey Smith, lead designer on Deus Ex, Dishonored is set for a release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2012. Additionally, Viktor Antonov, the designer of Half-Life 2’s City 17, will be lending his vision to Dishonored.Genre Action Release date 2012

Left 4 Dead 2 takes place at roughly the same time as the original, and leads four new “Survivors” through the southeastern United States — from Savannah, Georgia to New Orleans’ French Quarter. The title adds melee combat, new monsters and weapons, the AI Director 2.0, and more to create a larger game than the original.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2009

Left 4 Dead 2 takes place at roughly the same time as the original, and leads four new “Survivors” through the southeastern United States — from Savannah, Georgia to New Orleans’ French Quarter. The title adds melee combat, new monsters and weapons, the AI Director 2.0, and more to create a larger game than the original.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2009

Two years after the Helghast assault on Vekta, the ISA is bringing the fight to the enemy’s home world of Helghan. Killzone 2 has amazing visuals, an intense campaign, and extraordinary online play that will keep you coming back for more easily making it a must-have for PS3 owners.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2009

Deus Ex: HR is a prequel and set in the year 2027 (before the events of DX1). One day, the path of Jensen’s life is unexpectedly changed as a team of Black-Ops commandos break into his company’s headquarters and (using a security plan from Jensen’s own hand) a mass slaughter ensues. From there on out, Jensen is caught up in a conspiracy that’s going to see him struggling for his life.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2011

In 2004, the Umbrella Corporation’s secretive activities within Raccoon City have become a public affair. Following an investigation conducted by the U.S. government, several Umbrella officials are implicated and prosecuted. The government indefinitely suspends Umbrella’s business, bankrupting the company.Genre Action Adventure Release date 2007

This highly anticipated chapter of Commander Shepard’s story sees Earth invaded by giant machines, which appear to be both sentient and aggressive. The people of Earth and the civilizations of the galaxy must be called to arms to drive them out, or mankind may perish forever.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2012

This PS3-exclusive shooter sequel offers huge online co-op and multiplayer battles and two separate campaigns.Picking up immediately where Resistance: Fall of Man concluded, Resistance 2 follows Nathan Hale as he finds himself once more in a world transformed by war and invasion.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2008

Years after taking Stilwater for their own, the Third Street Saints have evolved from street gang to household brand name, with Saints sneakers, Saints energy drinks and Johnny Gat bobble head dolls all available at a store near you.Genre Action Release date 2011

Infamous is an open-world action adventure game in which you wield electrical superpowers in a city ravaged by violence. It combines RPG elements with open-world action games and follows the story of Cole McGrath.Genre Action Adventure Release date 2009

Deus Ex: HR is a prequel and set in the year 2027 (before the events of DX1). One day, the path of Jensen’s life is unexpectedly changed as a team of Black-Ops commandos break into his company’s headquarters and (using a security plan from Jensen’s own hand) a mass slaughter ensues. From there on out, Jensen is caught up in a conspiracy that’s going to see him struggling for his life.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2011

Forza Motorsport 4 will be the most expansive and vividly realistic automotive experience across any console, bringing you closer to the edge than you’ve ever been before. Through the power of Kinect, players will be able to step through the TV screen and jump into the driver’s seat while the engaging controller-based experience will let you take on the bone-jarring physics, unparalleled levels of customisation, and rosters of dream cars and tracks. Offering game-play that will electrify racing fans and excite car lovers and novices alike, the highest-rated racing franchise of this generation returns in Autumn 2011.Genre Racing Release date 2011

World of Goo is a puzzle game with a strong emphasis on physics. The game is built around the idea of creating large structures using balls of goo. It’s main objective of the game is to get a requisite number of goo balls to a pipe representing the exit.Genre Puzzle Release date 2008

Heavy Rain is being developed by French studio, Quantic Dream.There are four playable characters mentioned — an FBI profiler named Norman Jayden, a private detective named Scott Shelby, an architect named Ethan Mars, and journalist named Madison Paige. All playable characters are said to be looking for a serial killer known as “The Origami Killer”.Genre Action Adventure Release date 2010

Burnout 5 gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. Gone is the need to jump in and out of menus and aimlessly search for fun like many open world games; in Burnout 5, every inch of the world is built to deliver heart-stopping Burnout-style gameplay. Every intersection is a potential crash junction and every alleyway is an opportunity to rack up moving violations.Genre Racing Release date 2008

Under the direction of Raphael Colantonio, lead designer of Arx Fatalis, and Harvey Smith, lead designer on Deus Ex, Dishonored is set for a release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2012. Additionally, Viktor Antonov, the designer of Half-Life 2’s City 17, will be lending his vision to Dishonored.Genre Action Release date 2012

XCOM: Enemy Unknown sees a true return to form as Firaxis takes over the franchise originally made popular in the 1990s. Rather than further alienate the fanbase, this turn-based strategy game contains elements fans of the original games will undoubtedly appreciate.Genre Real-Time Strategy Release date 2012

Borderlands 2 is the epic sequel to the ultimate four-player Role-Playing Shooter loot fest. Combining invention and evolution, Borderlands 2 features all new characters, skills, environments, enemies, weapons and equipment, which come together in an ambitiously crafted story. Players will reveal secrets, and escalate mysteries of the Borderlands universe as they adventure across the unexplored new areas of Pandora.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2012

The game is a drastic departure from previous Assassin’s Creed titles, taking place in North America amidst the American Revolution. Set in New England between 1753 and 1783, players take on the role of Connor, a half-English, half-Mohawk warrior who finds himself torn between two worlds. Amidst the turmoil, Connor joins the Assassins and finds himself drawn to the revolutionary cause.Genre Action Adventure Release date 2012

Darksiders II follows the exploits of DEATH, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a weaving tale that runs parallel to the events in the original Darksiders game. This epic journey propels DEATH through various light and dark realms as he tries to redeem his brother WAR, the horseman who was blamed for prematurely starting the Apocalypse in Darksiders. Featuring a dramatically larger world, full weapon and armour upgrade systems as well as bigger and more challenging dungeons and vast array of new enemies and bosses, Darksiders II strives to improve on every aspect of the original hit.Genre Action Adventure Release date 2012

The game is a drastic departure from previous Assassin’s Creed titles, taking place in North America amidst the American Revolution. Set in New England between 1753 and 1783, players take on the role of Connor, a half-English, half-Mohawk warrior who finds himself torn between two worlds. Amidst the turmoil, Connor joins the Assassins and finds himself drawn to the revolutionary cause.Genre Action Adventure Release date 2012

FIFA 11 will bring seismic improvements to its predecessor, with improved graphics. customizable audio, improved AI and football personality. A new passing mechanism known as “pro passing” has been introduced which will allow players to control the weight of their passing.Genre Soccer Release date 2010

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City includes both The Lost & Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. The package was released last year on the Xbox 360 and will be released this month for both the PC and the PS3. Will be available as a stand alone disc which does not require the original Grand Theft Auto IV.Genre Action Release date 2010

Now you will witness the birth of the Elite Special Forces and take part in off-the-record missions using unconventional weaponry to get the job done! From Cuba to the Arctic and the jungles of Vietnam, Call of Duty: Black Ops features stunning cinematic graphics and intense gameplay that puts you right at the heart of the action.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2010

The game starts right after the cliffhanger ending of Modern Warfare 2 with US forces struggling to cope with a surprise Russian attack. The player will travel the world in the single player campaign with plenty of intermediate roles as SAS operative, tank gunner and more.Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2011

Street Fighter IV brings the legendary fighting series back to its roots by creating a truly extraordinary experience that will re-introduce the world to the time-honored art of virtual martial arts. Although it features models and backgrounds rendered in 3D, the gameplay remains on a traditional 2D plane, with the camera having freedom to move in 3D at certain times.Genre Fighting Games Release date 2009

King Allant the XII, the last king of Boletaria, searched tirelessly to expand his might. The Nexus, a great ice shrine nestled in the mountains, bestowed the power of the souls onto him, bringing prosperity to his kingdom. Still unsated, he returned again to the Nexus, where he foolishly awakened the Old One from its eternal slumber. This long forgotten evil, now wrought upon Boletaria, plunged the realm into darkness and fog. A mighty demon horde poured into the kingdom, devouring the souls of men.Genre Role-Playing Release date 2009